Chapter 682 - 208: Climbing the Peak, Shifting Offense and Defense_5
Book Realm Characteristics: Beings establish resonance with specific stars, obtaining the power of those stars.
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While reading the book’s content, Shuyan also reviews the derivative fanfiction of this work.
Every epic work inevitably gives birth to a large number of fan works.
This setting is like a sect in a cultivation system.
The original work can be understood as the foundation of establishing a sect, with the branches expanded from the core of the work setting being considered as extensions of the same sect.
Fan works continue under the framework of the main storyline, inheriting the core settings and worldviews of the original while adding new elements and plots.
For example, a fan work set against the backdrop of "Eternal War" might tell the growth story of a Light Tribe warrior, maintaining the setting of the Power of War Intent, making the story more complete.
In terms of growth model, fan works rely on the influence of the original work to form their own "Literary Energy Streams".
These Literary Energy Streams not only nourish fan works but also feed back into the original work, expanding the Literary Energy Level of the original.
The flourishing of fan works drives the expansion of the sect, with every fan work being a branch that enhances the strength of the entire sect.
For example, the War Intent System built by "Eternal War" gradually became a massive literary faction in the inspiration world through the creation of numerous fan works, influencing the entire world and forming the present "War Intent Sect".
In fact, many original works’ Literary Energy Levels are not sufficient to enter the Literary Energy Tower; subsequently, they are honored on the epic works list with the aid of fan works’ literary energy.
But those capable of establishing a "sect" are ultimately few and far between.
The vast majority of works are mere imitations.
The authors of fan works rely on the influence of the main lineage to elevate the level of their fan creations.
And fan works, through the flow of Literary Energy, nourish the original, creating a virtuous cycle.
Shuyan observes the generality of every faction in the Book Realm since, in its view, fan works also belong to branches of the main lineage and can be integrated into one system.
Building this small world came at a great cost.
The inspiration for creating this world came from a painful lesson of failure.
Once, it was the ruler of a world, realizing its unique existence since the moment consciousness was born.
Its thoughts could change the course of the world, being rules of the Heavenly Dao that surpass all beings.
But in the day-to-day control over the small world, an inexplicable desire grew in the depths of its consciousness.
It discovered it was no longer satisfied with being the ruler of this world, feeling a clear perception of a vast world existing beyond its "field of vision".
The longing for a higher level world led it to break through existing confines, seeking higher achievements and reaching the peaks hidden in endless unknowns.
It refined its Hometown World, generating three rules: Hold, Pen, Book.
Thus began its war of plunder.
After consecutively devouring two small worlds, its consciousness touched the edge of a mysterious world.
At that moment, its consciousness trembled, its inner shock unparalleled.
It decided then to become the Heavenly Dao of this mysterious world, surpassing all beings within it.
Not until it descended upon Monster World did it realize how ludicrous its thoughts had been.
Yet, the idea of becoming the supreme Heavenly Dao of Monster World never wavered.
It experienced many wars during that time.
The opponent it found most memorable was the Horror Black Tide.
A formidable force that forced it to escape by cutting pages multiple times.
The battle with the Horror Black Tide also revealed its weakness and shortcomings, prompting thoughts on how to become stronger.
The Horror Black Tide had two particularly formidable traits.
The first trait was the terrifying devouring growth ability.
The second trait was the arbitrary generation of an all-system soldier library.
Shuyan couldn’t find any method to counter the first trait temporarily.
However, the second trait could be addressed by perfecting its own strength system.
The Black Tide demonstrated how terrifying a switchable soldier system could be in warfare, capable of meeting any system’s challenge without targeted weaknesses.
This also gave it the idea to establish a multi-system strength framework.
Like the Horror Black Tide, it aimed to have a strength system without any weaknesses.
Thus, it created the inspiration world.
This world, in essence, is a soldier type library in its view, with each epic work capable of generating a combat system template.
These combat system templates will eventually find application in the Domain World built by "Hold, Pen, Book".
With Ink Power as the foundation, turning pages to switch combat systems.
For example, the first page writes about the Cultivation System, the second page writes about the Magic System, and the third page writes about the Mystical System.
In future external wars, the page-turning process mirrors the Horror Black Tide’s absorption of soldiers before generating new ones, switching combat systems at any time and place.
Possessing 100 epic works is equivalent to having 100 switchable combat system templates.
This is the significance of the inspiration world’s existence.
It seems to be expending Ink Power to support a group of writers, but in reality, it is spending Ink Power to construct a research center for combat systems.
Every author inside is like a technical research staff, creating powerful war system templates for it.
From the moment it entered Monster World, it realized a truth: the fierce battles between races over resources are merely the prelude before the opening of a world-level battlefield.